I'm sorry but that little girl singing "The Greatest Love of All" on CBeebies Take A Bow is

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giving me the creeps. I've seen it about four times in the past couple of years and it doesn't get easier to take. Posing on the London Eye, phrasing the weirdly adult song like a tiny professional ...

Not her fault obv she is talented and cute but I envision a terrifying stage parent in the background.

Haven't heard it but I loathe the song. Shudder.

Ooh, you'd hate it. She sings it pretty much exactly like a junior Whitney, with loads of faked emotion (in the sense that she is far too young for it to be genuine). Whitney in your pocket. She believes the children are our future!

Oh God. Spare me. Next thing you'll be telling me she's wearing make up and heels.

PMSL at 'children are our future'! Perhaps she's just very mature for her age?!

How can you say she sings it well - its truly awful!!!!!!

rofl- i was thinking the very same thing- i've actually lost count of the number of times this has been inflicted on us- I hate Take a Bow anyway, full of super annoying stage school types...

I wonder how tempted the camera man (who had to share the confined space with her), wanted to push her off the London eye?

(I'm sure she's lovely, btw, she is very cute to look at, but the song is just awful!)

Well I just didn't want to be too rude about her as she is not really to blame -- but yes ... it is rotten. She would get harsh comments on the X Factor, except she's YEARS TOO YOUNG.
Pretty sure she is in makeup, not heels tho!

Isn't it just awful. I'm not even convinced it was her voice as it seemed too contrived.

It reminds me a bit of those child beauty pageants in the USA ... not that I have ever seen one. I wonder if, having been groomed by the stage parent for stardom, she will one day rebel and go punk. Or Riot Grrrl.

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She is really cute...but that song and her name have killed it for me.

ditto MrsMerryHenry

Deeply horrible. DH went into conniptions.

Is she Carrie and Dave's DD ? Or have I just imagined I heard it somewhere?

hmm yes it was an inappropriate choice, poor girl. Why the London Eye?

crumbs I thought this too!!!!!!!!!!!

She is in Bear behaving badly which is on CBBC / BBC.

She is so annoying.

I think she came across well.

Just the kind of thing my DD (7) and her friends would practice in her bedroom!

I think she sang it just as a competently musical 7 year old would - nicely in tune but with a bit of wavering as her voice isn't fully mature yet.

I haven't seen her in anything else, but in this she was perfectly sweet.

She is someones' little girl bless her....

It is awfully tacky but if she were your daughter you would be so proud; she puts a lot of energy and emotion into it.

That was rather disturbing. And I think it gave me a few cavities too.

I'm not a fan of singing children unless they are playing a role in a musical.

Blerg. She's emoting a lot.

I think her mother MUST be a Mumsnetter!

And I'm very disappointed that the kids in the carriage above hers didn't all pull a moony.

She wasn't bad, when I compare her to my DD (not saying much though tbh) and she's probably quite a clever little thing, they're not going to pick less bale children for kids TV, they need to take direction quickly etc, and she was very cute looking but why that song? Why something so alien to a child of about 8?

I just watched it on replay because of this thread. I think she is very sweet and obviously pretty talented. I think she'll be back on our screens as an adults. They would have done better to have given her a funkier song though. Singing without the American accent would have been nice too.

I hated it.

I'm sure she's a smashing kid, but...